Explainer: what is Helicobacter pylori?
- Written by Phil Sutton, Group Leader/Snr Princ Research Fellow, Mucosal Immunology, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Helicobacter pylori normally infect the stomachs of children where they can stay forever, if undetected.Tatiana Shepeleva/ShutterstockIn 1982, two Australians – Robin Warren and Barry Marshall – presented their first observations of strange bacteria living in the human stomach. They went on to propose that these bacteria caused a...